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…, and commitment to the goal of a net zero carbon Reading by 2030, our community has embraced the call to action laid down by the IPCC. Reading has a proud history of taking action on climate change – since 2005, carbon emissions per person have fallen by 52% in the borough, the 4th largest reduction of any local authority in England. Reading Borough Council has reduced its own carbon footprint by 62.5…
… and an open and transparent working arrangement between business, academia, NGOs, community groups, the people of Reading and Reading Borough Council. FOREWORD by Co-Chairs of the Reading Climate Change Partnership So please, treat the climate crisis like the acute crisis it is and give us a future.Our lives are in your hands. – Greta Thunberg (2019) 3 The net zero carbon transition…
… within it needs to be ‘owned’ by every organisation, business and resident across Reading. The Partnership therefore invites partners to adopt, endorse or otherwise commit to its delivery via the most appropriate means. To start this process, Reading Borough Council, which passed the Climate Emergency Declaration on behalf of the wider community, endorsed the strategy at a meeting of its Policy…
… Committee on 2nd November 2020. 1 https://www.reading.gov.uk/council/climate-change/ 6 2. CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CONTEXT 2.1 The global and national context There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity has been responsible for a dramatic increase in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases since the start of the Industrial Revolution, and that this has already…
…: • Reading’s per capita carbon emissions have fallen by 52% since 2005 – the 4th largest reduction of any local authority area in the country • Pioneering net zero carbon standards for new homes have been enshrined in the Reading Local Plan which governs future development across the Borough • Reading Borough Council has reduced its own carbon footprint by 62.5% since 2008/09, avoiding energy costs…